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Aids to portability within the NAG project

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Portability of Numerical Software

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We discuss the increasing relevance of portability aids to NAG in its efforts to develop a multi-machine mathematical software library. In particular we outline some of the utilities employed so far and give an informal guide to a FORTRAN transformer (APT) currently under development.

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  1. J. J. Du Croz
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  2. S. J. Hague
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  3. J. L. Siemieniuch
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Wayne Cowell

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Du Croz, J.J., Hague, S.J., Siemieniuch, J.L. (1977). Aids to portability within the NAG project. In: Cowell, W. (eds) Portability of Numerical Software. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 57. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-08446-0_50

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